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With the exception of Bulgaria, which has strong historic ties to Russia, East bloc attitudes toward the Soviet Union range from distrust to outright loathing, an attitude that stands in sharp contrast to a hunger among East Europeans for most things Western. Through much of the East bloc, youngsters wear blue jeans and dance to Western rock; purple-haired punks are seen in the streets of Warsaw and Budapest. More important, East European governments have turned to the West for the credits and technology that Moscow cannot provide, giving East Europeans a vested interest in the revival of détente...
...unexpectedly sharp drop in GNP growth was the latest gyration in what has become a remarkably zigzag pattern of expansion. A year ago, the economy amazed experts by racking up a booming first-quarter increase of 10.1% at an annual rate. The gain dwindled to 1 .6% in the third quarter but then rebounded to 4.3% in the last three months of 1984. "The economy is exhibiting a split personality," says Allen Sinai, chief economist for Shearson Lehman Bros., "and it may continue to do so for some time in the future...
...losing the man most responsible for translating into reality his vision of a shrunken domestic role for the Federal Government and the last powerful crusader for drastic measures to reduce the deficit. Stockman combined an instinctive feel for fiscal policy, an unmatched understanding of budgetary fine print and a sharp sense of legislative tactics. His gutsy advocacy of severe cuts in politically sacred programs, ranging from school lunches to farm subsidies to military pensions, was often labeled draconian and infuriated members of both parties. Also unsettling, particularly to the President, was the blunt and brilliant Budget Director's penchant...
Sessions between White House spokesmen and reporters often include a sharp word or two, but the briefings by Larry Speakes on Ronald Reagan's health, which sometimes seemed more like sparring matches than news conferences, have highlighted some frailties of the President's press office and its tense relationship with the often abrasive White House press corps. The tone was set when Speakes distributed copies of the letter temporarily transferring presidential powers to Vice President George Bush but refused to read the missive on live television. The ensuing chaos embarrassed all involved: while TV reporters in the front row faced...
...Titled "How Well We Meant," it both recalled the necessity of nuclear weapons and lamented their subsequent expansion. But in the beginning "it happened to be one of those spring days where everything was lovely. The air was clear and mild, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains were distinct and sharp, the mesa on the other side--lovely! And the ride up on the old road, somewhat hair raising but very interesting, the old bridge, and then, of course, the Indians; we certainly seemed to enter a new world, a mystic world...